Main Street Alabama
Cause Area
- Community
Location
880 Montclair RoadSuite 245Birmingham, AL 35213 United StatesWebsite:
http://www.mainstreetalabama.org
Organization Information
Mission Statement
A nonprofit organization, Main Street Alabama stresses public-private partnerships, broad community engagement, and strategies that create jobs, spark new investment, attract visitors, and spur growth. Main Street builds on the authentic history, culture, and attributes of specific places, to bring sustainable change.
Description
Main Street Alabama (MSA) was incorporated in 2010 and began serving as the State Coordinating Program of the National Main Street Center. MSA follows a 40-year-old model for community revitalization that has seen great success nationwide: the Main Street Four-Point Approach(r). This method was developed by Main Street America, a program of the nonprofit National Main Street Center, Inc., a subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The four points of the Main Street approach; Economic Vitality, Design, Promotion, and Organization; work together to build a sustainable and complete community revitalization effort.
Since then, the program has grown from serving 10 communities to our current membership of 33 Designated communities and districts and 31 Network communities. MSA stresses public-private partnerships, broad community engagement, and strategies that create jobs, spark new investment, attract visitors, and spur growth. Main Street builds on the authentic history, culture, and attributes of specific places to bring sustainable change.